And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States,... Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 394by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - History - 1864 - 776 pages
...respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States," and declared as follows : — " All persons held as slaves within said designated...military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. " And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free,... | |
| Sunday school teachers - 1813 - 1368 pages
...York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this...of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do aver and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States... | |
| Sunday school teachers - 1813 - 1404 pages
...York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this...of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do aver and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States... | |
| Criticism - 1865 - 836 pages
...in its validity, and accepted to the full extent of its own unmistakable terms and intentions: — "And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that ALL PERSONS HELD AS SLATES within said designated States and parts of States, ARE AND HENCEFORTH SHALL BE FREE ; and that... | |
| William Henry Seward - New York (State) - 1884 - 652 pages
...York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this...shall be free ; and that the executive government of 1 For Proclamation of September, 1SG2, see ante, p. 345. the United States, including the military... | |
| Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...York, Princess Anne and Norfolk, including the cities of Nor folk and Portsmouth,) and which exceptcd parts are, for the present, left precisely as if this...Proclamation were not issued. "And by virtue of the power end for the purpus* aforesaid, I do order and declare that ALL PEKSOSS HELD AS SLAVES within said designated... | |
| Sir William Howard Russell - Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 - 1861 - 1102 pages
...all enfranchised by the Proclamation: for what does it say? "All persons held as slaves within such designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the Military and Naval authorities thereof,... | |
| United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1862-1865). - New Orleans (La.) - 1862 - 754 pages
...York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this...military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free,... | |
| Frank Moore - United States - 1863 - 852 pages
...York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and which excepted parts are, for the present, left precisely as if this...Military and Naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. REBELLION RECORD, 1862-63. And I hereby enjoin upon the people... | |
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